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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-11-20, Page 15Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 20, 1985—Page 15 Korea is the o rollcall and reading .subject The monthly meeting of the UCW of the Pine River United Church met the evening of Nov. 12 at the home of Margaret Reid at Point Clark. President Ruth Farrell opened the meeting with a poem. The rollcall was answered by naming some trivial thing that had been learned on the study of Korea. Norma Humphrey read the minutes of the last meeting. The nominating commit- tee gave their report on the progress they had made. Business was discussed, and the meeting was then turned over to the conveners Joyce and Muriel Courtney. Joyce Courtney gave a reading on Remembrance and then led the 19 ladies 'present in prayer. Muriel Courtney gave reading on the ups and downs of the churches in Korea since their beginning just .over one hundred years -ago. It was very interesting and at. times must have been very devastating. Joyce led in prayer. People report Kenneth Wilkins of Ridgetown, son of Charles and Mayme Wilkins, was home on the weekend with his parents. Weekend visitors with Rhetta MacLen- nan were her' daughter Florence MacLen- nan and her friend. Shirley, • both of Kitchener, and son Donald and his friend Audrey of Clinton. Saturday the family took Rhetta to Robindale's in Goderich for a birthday dinner: $ome of the people present were Jack and Annette MacLen- nan, Johnnie and his friend Jackie of Stratford, Margaret Morton, Teens and Jason *and a friend from, Point Clark. On Sunday Rhetta was a dinner guest at the home of her granddaughter, Patsy Hawk- ins and family in Kincardine. Weekend visitors with ' Dorothy (D.A.) giacLennan were Finlay MacLennan of Kitchener, Margaret (Bubbles) Heffernan, Katie Sutherland and. Christina MacFad-' gen of London. The community will be sorry to hear that the barn on the farm of Bill Wilkins was destroyed by fire Sunday afternoon. It was fortunate that the. wind was in the right direction so the other, buildings could be saved. Cecil Webster and a couple of former school chums of Kitchener .spent the weekend in Richfield, Ohio, and visited with Cecil's sister, brother-in-law and • niece Atlee, Jean and Tricia Wise. Mrs. Gordon Robb spent a couple of days with her daughter, son-in-law and grandchildren, Bob and Sandra Darling in Hanover. CWL to continue Miles for Pennies collection The November meeting of St. Joseph's CWL was. held the evening of Nov. 11 in the parish hall. The meeting was opened with the League Prayer and the League Promise with Mrs. Kathy Olson presiding. Minutes of the last meeting were read and a correction was made. The Miles for Pennies collection will continue. In the treasurer's report, Joanne Menary stated that there are ninety one paid up members this year. Bridget Van Osch read the correspond- ence which included several thank you notes, and a receipt from the Ontario Provincial Committee for Boy Scouts, acknowledging our affiliation fee to the auxiliary. A thank you note . is to be sent to Fred Vassella for making crucifixes Which were SOUTH ucfete Ohioans visa with Dickies Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Fowlie of Jeffer- son, Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Carl Dickie of Hope Bay were overnight guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dickie last' Wednesday. Erin and ,Allison Dickie of Markdale are spending a few days with their grandpar- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Dickie.' Mr. and Mrs. Bill Connell. of Kincardine and Mrs. Mervin • Anderson of Millarten were dinner guests on Sunday night with Olive Needham. Olive Needham and Nancy Maclntyre attended the 80th birthday party at Millar- , ton in honour of Mrs. Mary Stewart. V -E day proclaimed 'from page 13 All the panes of glass were just replaced when victory in Europe was proclaimed. The celebrating, some would call it rioting, resulted in a lot of broken windows: There wasn't that much celebrating done that day on the HMCS Sherbrooke out at sea. The biggest thing that happened was the removal of the blackout canvas from over the portholes. The victory did help in one way, though. Sometimes dealing with the weather on the North Atlantic was as hard a battle as acteal encounters withthe enemy. Sitting down to a meal often resulted in a number of broken dishes and atpoints, depending on the supply, plates and cups had to be shared at mealtimes. The consistently broken dishes suited the dishwasher just fine. The HMCS Sherbrooke received a full set of dishes just before V -E day. The men drawing the job as dishwashers dutifully' Labored to clean the almost 100 sets until one man heard the news that the war was' over,,for the men on the Sherbrooke. He didn't see the need to keep washing dishes - dozens of sets were tossed 'out the porthole. v. presented as wedding gifts in the past. Mrs. Betty Lou Dalton reported present- ing gifts to ' Yvette Heffernan and Betty Doherty who are now residing in Goderich. Mrs. Bernardine Kenny gave the Senior Citizen's report. She asked us to remember one of our members who is in Goderich hospital. She also asked that the table and chairs in the hall which the Seniors' group purchased, be handled more carefully in the future. Mrs. Clarice Dalton reported a good turn out at the Goderich and District Pro Life annual pot luck supper. Mrs. Teresa Court- ney, was presented with a trophy for. collecting the most money in pledges in the • recent Pro Life Walk-a-thon; 'Joanne Menary reported. that the Girl Guides made a carrot cake and took it to entertain at the Farrish Nursing Home. Presently they are busy making Christmas Crafts for their table at the Kinette Bazaar to be held in Lucknow. They are also finishing a baby quilt to be raffled off at the annual turkey bingo. Four volunteers haveoffered to go to the Maitland Manor Nursing Home, Goderich, this month. Mrs. Kathy Olson and: Mrs. Mildred Hogan did volunteer work at the Survival Through Friendship House this, month. Each member is remindedto bring canned goods, dried mixes, etc. to the January meetingfor the Survival Through Friendship House. A motion was made by Joanne. Menary, seconded by Ann Berry that the league purchase ten tickets for the Haitian Exper- ience '86 draw. All were in favor.. Everyone was also in; favor .of making a donation to the newly, formed Block Parents Group in Dungannon. Any member who has been .a member twenty five years or more, please contact Kathy Olson or Delores Van Osch in order to receive your 25 year, pin. Kathy Olson, introduced the guest speaker, Rev. Father Alan King of the Scarborough Foreign Mission Society, who has been in Brazil since 1974 and has been on leave. He spoke of thecountry and his work there. He has a parish of 15,000 and lay people of the parish are relied upon for assistance. Travel in his area is mainly by boat and canoe. Father King; said that mission is accepting what God gives us to do, not doing always what we want to do. It also means doing what has to be done. The meeting was adjourned by Tina Van. Diepan and closed with Prayer. November 21, 22. & 23 •6 Pc. Pine Livingroom Suite .5 . Pc. Solid Maple Dinette Set •39" Springfield Mattress .50% Off All Wallpaper Including Book', Orders! •lst Quality "Beaumont" Carpet by Coronet •lst.Quality No Wax "VALUFLOOR" by Congoleum 499.00 complete; 286°.° complete ,5400' each 3.99 SQYo 2.99 SQ.YD •MANY, MANY MORE SAVINGS! Check the Kincardine News for complete details GTgIR Fniture & ( pet Ltd. Hwy. 21 North, Kincardine OPEN Thurs. & Fri. 10 am -10 pm, Saturday until. 6 pm